cannot reproduce Combined Arms: only unarmed ground forces appear in missions since 2.8 beta release

[fencible]

I find that in all my missions, older missions as well as newly created ones, only unarmed vehicles are present on the map after starting the mission.

No infantry, artillery, armour, AAA forces show up. There are no errors displayed. Just an empty map, except for aircraft.  

Any ideas? I have 24GB RAM and lots of disc space.

I have also not been able to access online servers since first 2.8 beta release. DCS World always crashes when I attempt to join.

[draconus]

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/support/faq/repair/

Also please upload your dcs.log file.

btw: armed vehicles work fine in 2.8.2

[NineLine]

Have you tried removing all mods and running a repair if you are still seeing an issue?